Complex UV Layout in Maya
Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character
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09-08-2003
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Footprint dust effect
I am just new to this forum. I wanna create a footprint on the sand with the dust effect swirling due to impact. I create a NURBS surface, convert to polygon using tesselation n make soft body (this is to create more particles on the vertices), then make the foot (NURBS too) collide with it. With this, I can create the deformation due to impact. Then use the "intersect" cmd in Mayascript to find the intersection curve n then emit the particle from it. Adding some fields (gravity, turbulent, votex ... ) but still cannot get the good effect. In addition, got a prob that the particle penetrate from inside the foot or surface, which is undesired.
Anyone got any idea to get the dust effect n how to improve my model?
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The drawback is I cannot do it untill after 5pm my time, (in about 8 hours or so) because my boss watches us like a hawk, so I gotta do it after he leaves
But I WILL get it to ya!
Now that I think about it, I just followed the example "robot-wake" example in the docs, and did not set it up like you have it in order to get it to work....
So what might work for you, is to still parent about 4 or 5 wake fields around your "foot" geometry, AND ALSO some turbulence fields to break up the "dust' a bit.
That way, things won't look so evenly "pushed".
..That is what I'm going to try....
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Meanwhile, I'll play around more with the my approach.
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Are you using the parented fields to ALSO effect the softbody ground?
If so, don't
Just use the parented fields to effect the sand particles, and use separate fields, or even Blend Shapes to effect the ground
You can use my file (attached) as a reference, and if you notice, I DID NOT do the ground deformation, but the particle effect should be doable with a little more tweaking
I've included the movie in the zip as well
To see this, you need DIVX 5.0.3 or later: